Siege of Zagreb (1805)

The Siege of Zagreb (late July 1805) was a battle of the Napoleonic Wars that occurred when Grande Armee marshal Jean-Andre Massena and an army of 1,078 French troops laid siege to the new Austrian capital of Zagreb in Croatia. France and the Austrian Empire had briefly made peace in the aftermath of the Fall of Vienna, but the Ottoman Empire convinced the French to resume their war with the Austrians in exchange for some money and access to new technologies. The French army in Italy, led by Marshal Massena, marched from Venice to Zagreb, and they laid siege to Archduke Charles' army of 1,218 troops. The French suffered only 68 losses during the storming of Zagreb, and they conquered Croatia as a result of their victory.